Imperfects and Perfects

Imperfects and PerfectsBoth are past verb tensesAction of sentence took place before nowImperfect took place over time or more than oncePerfect happened once and was doneExample:Imperfect: I woke up every day last week.Perfect: I woke up this morning.Ways to Translate the ImperfectVerbedWas/were verbingUsed to verbKept on verbingImperfect of SumLike usual, sum is a little weird.

What didnt change?Sing (Lat)Sing(Eng)Plu(Lat)Plu(Eng)1stEramI wasEramusWe were2ndErasYou wereEratisYall were3rderatHe/she/it wasErantThey wereImperfect of Regular VerbsStart with 2nd principal part the infinitive, the one that ends with reDrop the reAdd a ba-Add m, s, t, mus, tis, ntExampleCurro, currereCurrere -> curre -> curreba ->

One trick: 4th conjugation adds an e before the b. So venire -> veniebam, not venibam.SingPlu1stCurrebamCurrebamus2ndCurrebasCurrebatis3rdCurrebatCurrebantImperfect PracticeConjugate these in the imperfect:Habeo, habrePulso, pulsareScribo, scribereAudio, audireSum, esse (remember - its weird)Habebam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bantPulsabam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bantScribebam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bantAudiebam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bantEram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erantTomorrowWell talk about conjugating the perfect tense.For now, just translate the ones with vs as verbedPerfect TenseOne and done or over time?Translations?Verbed, have/has verbedWhat letter did we look for?Actually a lot of them to look forV, x, u, s, and moreHow do we conjugate it?